The Supreme Court today overturned a Rabbinical Court decision in yet another show of power over the religious court system. The case pertains to a dispute between a hareidi man and his non-religious wife. The couple's children began their education in secular schools, but their father later switched them to the hareidi system.
The woman took the case to a rabbinical court, which decided as a compromise that the children would be educated in a school affiliated with the national-religious stream. Not pleased with this outcome, the mother and the Child Welfare Council then took the case to the Supreme Court. The High Court stated that the rabbinical court did not consult with child experts as to the ramifications of placing the children in a national-religious school, and therefore ruled that the children must be returned to the secular system until the rabbinical court retries the matter.
The woman took the case to a rabbinical court, which decided as a compromise that the children would be educated in a school affiliated with the national-religious stream. Not pleased with this outcome, the mother and the Child Welfare Council then took the case to the Supreme Court. The High Court stated that the rabbinical court did not consult with child experts as to the ramifications of placing the children in a national-religious school, and therefore ruled that the children must be returned to the secular system until the rabbinical court retries the matter.